Ansiedad, depresión, consumo de sustancias y factores asociados en estudiantes de psicología

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Abstract:The research aims to determine sociodemographic factors, lifestyles and their relationship with anxiety, depression and substance use in psychology students, the sample consists on 89 students, is a research with a non-experimental design, cross-sectional descriptive, the instruments used were, AUDIT, Fagerström, Assist and an Ad-hoc survey; a prevalence of 23.6% and 27% of symptoms of anxiety and depression respectively were determined, in terms of alcohol consumption 38.2% indicates a risk consumption and 5.6% dependence; regarding tobacco consumption, 12% have nicotine dependence; and, 16.9% report having used illegal drugs. Among the associated variables, it was identified that the consumption of alcohol and illegal drugs are related to the symptoms of anxiety and depression, also, occupation and diet are related to these symptoms. The results show the need to design strategies to reduce the prevalence of these disorders, as well as reduce and prevent the consumption of substances in this population.